Spin them the other way <g> Joe Goss RPT Mother Goose Tools imatunr at srvinet.com www.mothergoosetools.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Ilvedson" <ilvey at sbcglobal.net> To: <caut at ptg.org> Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 10:15 AM Subject: Re: [CAUT] Hammer Alignment > Which way do you spin the hammers on?...possibly it is a left over kinetic energy finally being released...;-] Don't spin them on so fast...;-] > > David Ilvedson, RPT > Pacifica, California > > > > ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- > From: "Jon Page" <jonpage at comcast.net> > To: caut at ptg.org > Received: 3/26/2006 5:02:15 AM > Subject: [CAUT] Hammer Alignment > > > >Is it just me or am I crazy but I've noticed a misalignment > >of hammers after a year or two. By this I mean that the > >hammer has leaned towards the treble such that it requires > >re-setting. Angled too much for burn-in. > > >Could it be that the shanks develop a twist, warping > >in a clockwise rotation as viewed from the front? > >Gravitation whiplash from the rotation of the earth? > > >The travel is not the culprit. When installed, they were dead on. > >I've noticed this developing more so on Renner shanks than Abel. > >It's disconcerting to find your laborious efforts gone astray. > > >They're not bored off center. I can't recall ever finding > >ones that leaned counter-clockwise. Oddly enough, > >the bass doesn't seem to exhibit this phenomenon. > > >A newish M needs most of the top two treble sections reset. > >Yesterday I reset at least a dozen on an L which had new h/s/f > >three years ago. > > >One could past it off as a poorly hung set > >but I know that was not the case. > >-- > > >Regards, > > >Jon Page
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